Companies in the so called gig economy including Uber, Lyft, Doordash and Instacart are trying to retain the status of their drivers as contractors – with some additional benefits as compensation, given the realization that the new administration in the United States under Joe Biden are insisting on reclassification of the workers in the ride-hail…
The strong demand of the flagship Galaxy S21 smartphones and other models propelled the South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics to report its bets quarterly profits for the latest completed quarter since 2018. The company also reported a 46.3 per cent growth in the net profits for the quarter compared to the same quarter a…
The new and changed strategy of the Finnish telecom network equipment maker Nokia saw good growth in sales of network and 5G equipment which allowed the company to report better than expected revenues and profits for the first quarter. With telecom operators starting to roll out 5G networks and with the Chinese telecom giant Huawei…
While reporting estimate beating sales and profits for its fiscal second quarter driven by 5G iPhone upgrades, iApple Inc also issued a warning of possible hit of several billion dollars to sale of iPads and Mac because of the global chip shortage. Apple noted almost doubling of sales in China in the quarter and its…
While issuing a caution about the possibility of a slowdown in the growth in usage and ad sales during the pandemic with roll out of vaccines and with people resuming in-person activities, Google parent Alphabet Inc reported record profits for the second straight quarter as well as a share buyback program worth $50 billion. Analysts’…
There was some scepticism among investors about the one-off benefits that were included in the quarterly results and about the high hopes after a year-long rally resulting in a drop in Microsoft’s shares despite the company easily beating quarterly sales and profit expectations of analysts. The Redmond, Washington company has become one of the most…
Even though the global coffee chain Starbucks Corp raised its annual forecast for revenues as well as profits based on its assumption that the vaccine roll out program across the world will help many consumers to return to its stores, there was 2 per cent drop in the shares of the company as it missed…
With the sanctions imposed by the United States hit the business, the Chinese tech giant Huawei reported a sharp drop in its revenues for the first quarter. According to unaudited financial results revealed by the company, in the three months ending March 31, there was a 16.5 per cent year on year drop in the…
HSBC has forecast a bright economic outlook as it reported better than expected profits. For the quarter from January-to-March, an income of $5.8bn was reported by the largest bank of Europe in terms of assets which was higher than the $3.2bn reported by the company in the same period a year ago. Asia, the region…
Amazon is now targeting what it calls older kids with a brand-new lineup of its Fire Kids tablets which have been very popular younger users for long. On Tuesday, the company announced that its new Fire Kids Pro tablet will now be targeted for users aged 6 to 12 years while the Fire Kids’ existing…
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